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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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